Ponce de Leon Inlet

The Ponce de Leon Inlet is a natural opening in the barrier islands in central Florida that connects the north end of the Mosquito Lagoon and the south end of the Halifax River to the Atlantic Ocean. The inlet originally was named Mosquito Inlet. In 1926 the Florida Legislature changed the name from Mosquito Inlet to Ponce de Leon Inlet. There was precedent for the change. Mosquito County had long before become Orange County, and the Mosquito River had become the Halifax River. Only the Mosquito Lagoon has kept its old name.^[1] It is the site of the town of Ponce Inlet, Florida and the Ponce de Leon Inlet Light. The inlet is maintained by the Ponce de Leon Inlet & Port District, a division of the Volusia County, Florida government.^[2]

References

^ McCarthy, Kevin C. (1990). Florida Lighthouses. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. p. 25. ISBN 0-8130-0993-6.
^ Ponce deLeon Inlet and Port District Archived January 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

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29°04′21″N 80°55′07″W / 29.07250°N 80.91861°W / 29.07250; -80.91861

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[1] McCarthy, Kevin C. (1990). Florida Lighthouses. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. p. 25. ISBN 0-8130-0993-6.

[2] Ponce deLeon Inlet and Port District Archived January 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

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v t e Coastal waters of Florida
Bays	Apalachicola Barnes Biscayne Blackwater Choctawhatchee East Escambia Estero Florida Matanzas Palm Palma Sola Pensacola Perdido Ponce de Leon Sarasota St. Andrews St. Joseph Tampa Whitewater
Inlets	Baker's Haulover Blind Pass Captiva Pass Caxambas Pass Gasparilla Pass Hillsboro Lake Worth Matanzas Pensacola Pass Ponce de Leon Redfish Pass Sebastian South Lake Worth St. Lucie
Lagoons	Banana River Guana River Halifax River Indian River Lake Worth Marquesas Keys Matanzas River Mosquito Lagoon
See also	Big Bend Coast Florida Everglades Intracoastal Waterway List of Florida rivers